Rx for ER: Prescriptions for Effective Retention

Most important project objective: Provide a resource for faculty, staff, and administrators that tells HOW to implement best practices for improving student retention and success.

Project Information Summary

1. Complete project website URL: http://rx.nhmccd.edu/
2. Project 71502, Funding Year 2006-2007
3. Date of Completion: 8/31/2007
4. Project Director: Dr. Peg Crider, Professor of Mathematics
   
   Supporting Institution: Tomball College, NHMCCD
   
   Phone: 281-351-3304
   
   E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
   
   
5. Author(s): Modules listed below:
   • Peg Crider, Tomball College (NHMCCD). Retention Overview module.
   • Peg Crider, Tomball College (NHMCCD), with contributions from Barbara-Griest Devora, Natalia Trevino, Anna Harwin, Enrique Garcia, Christine Salmon, Charlotte Goebel, Courtney Milleson. Voices Project
   • Barbara Griest-Devora, Northwest Vista College, Alamo CCD. Learning Communities
   • Natalia Trevino, Northwest Vista College, Alamo CCD. Collaborative Learning.
   • Anna Harwin and Heidi Lopez, Northwest Vista College, Alamo CCD. The Advocacy Center
   • Anna Harwin, Northwest Vista College, Alamo CCD. Drop Counseling for RX
   • Enrique Garcia, Laredo Community College. Technology in the Classroom
   • Enrique Garcia, Laredo Community College. Professional Development for DL Classroom
   • Enrique Garcia, Laredo Community College. Technology Case Studies-Collaborating for WebCT Migration
   • Courtney Milleson. Supplemental Instruction
   • Courtney Milleson. Case Study – Implementing Learning Communities
   • Christine Salmon and Jane Gehring, Tomball College, The Tutor Coach
   • Jeff Howard, Texas State Technical College, Intervention in the Classroom.
6. How has this project/web site been publicized?
7. "Keywords" for Web Site Search: student retention, student success, student persistence, retention, success, persistence, learning communities, cooperative learning, collaborative learning, early intervention, hybrid learning, technology and intervention, retention overview, student focus groups, tutoring strategies, supplemental instruction, blueprint for success, best practices in retention, community college retention.
8. Who will benefit? All faculty, staff, administrators who:
   
   -Want to learn about best practices in improving student success and retention.
   
   -Want a blueprint on how to implement a specific practice (learning communities, collaborative learning, supplemental instruction, advocacy center, drop counseling training, technology used in the classroom, professional development for faculty, early intervention ideas, tutor coach)
   
   -Want to hear what students in career and technical education courses say about factors that impact their success and how that compares to the perspectives of faculty, staff, and administrators (Voices Project).
9. Deliverables:
   
   Website: The modules have a Purpose, Overview, Focus, Blueprint, and Exploration to deliver the justification, description of the practice, resources to implement the practice and research justification.
   
   Voices Project: This is an impressive collection of results from student focus group compared to the faculty, staff, and administrators. The recommendations that come from the Forum are timely and innovataive.
10. Deliverable Types: web site (.html documents), DVD
11. Web Site Location: Tech Support and Content Manager Contact
    
    
    
    School: Tomball College, English, Humanities, and Mathematics
    
    Address: 30555 Tomball Parkway, Tomball TX 77375
    
    Contact Person: Dr. Peg Crider, Professor of Mathematics
    
    Phone: 281.351.3304
    
    Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it



12. Project Calendar of Events: N/A